The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-09-08
[Froln Thursdays Daily ]

damage. His farm near Waco was sub
merged and his crops badly injured,
if not wholly destroyed.
Superintendent Cooper has received the
following:
PITTsBURG, Texas.
Can the county judge authorize the
anti trustees to have no prohibition
teachers? And can they keep COM
munity out of school on account of
they can't get no anti teacher? Can they
exclude teacher on account of him being
a prohibitionist?
His reply to the query is very brief,
but strikingly TO the point. He says pro-
hibition has mol hing to do with school af
fairs, and the county judge has no right
to make such an order as is mentioned.
The treasurer paid out yesterday about
$4,000, principally on monthly salaries.
The following collectors settled with the
comptroller yesterday: A. Bodeman, Ken
dali county; f. M. Black, Madison county;
Ed. Wadsworth, Matagord a county.
Comptroller's deposits yesterday we're
as follows: By City of Sherman, to &C.
count of interest and sinking fund,
$3,3S6. 80; to account of University, school
and asylum funds, $7,S99.15; to account
of general revenue, $500; to account of
available school fund, $72,64980; to ac-
count of permanent school fund, $16,-
39196.
From Fridays Daily
Char tered yesterday: The Walnut Val
ley Cooperative Ginning ASSOCIATION Z;
capital, 5000. Incorporators: T. f,
Lane. j. C. Wien, W. II BaziiI, j. D.
Blair, r. A. P,schail aod ]. S. Cam pbell.
The Armory c"mpahy, OF Galveston.
Ipcorporators: George Sealy, b. Adone,
Fl. Rosenberg, R. s. Willis, Leon Blum, W.
f. Sadd, II. Kempner and Juius Runge.
Governor Ross was at his desk yester-
day, hard at work disposing of business
that had accumulated during his absence.
Judge Worsham and Colonel Lawhorn,
of Wilson county, we're in consultatio n
with the Comptroller and attorney general
regarding the bonds which that county
desires to sell to the state. The attorney
general was engaged in examining the
matter yesterday afternoon.
The comptroller deposited yesterday
$1,000, mostly to the credit of the revenue,
and bonds of Comal county to the amount
of $1,000 purchased for account of the
school fund.
Assessment rolls received yesterday
show increase of values in Montgomery
county, $41,010; Jasper county, $120,900,
and decrease i'll Sabine county of $12,-
951.
The following collectors settled with the
comptroller yesterday: H. W. Baylor,
Uvalde county; @. @. Dupree, Franklin
county; A. G. McNabb, Hopkins county;
H. @. Hall, NaCogdoches county.
The governor, on his visit to Coryell
county, examined and approved the site
for the location of the state reformatory,
[From Saturdays Daily.
Following charters were filed in the
Office of secretary of state: Houston
Corn Mill company, capital $4,000. In
corporators: M. B. Richardson, Y. M.
Congdon, j. Luke, j. NJ. Richardson, G.
L. Richardson.
Comptroler's Office: Fifteen hundred
dollars of Harrison county subsidy bonds
redeemed.
The governor offers reward Of 5000
each for the murderers of woman.
WOMAN TRUSTEES.
AS a general rule every male citizen
81 years of age is legally qualified to hold
Office. Other qualifications may be pre-
scribed by statute but this general rule
must apply in the absence of any statute.
Trusteeship of a public school district is
an office requiring discretion, Judgment
and experience for its proper fultillment.
A woman not being an elector is not
eligible to trusteeship of public school
district. In the appeal of 6. ". Wallipg,
trustee Of school district No. Z, Travis
county, from the ruling of County Super
intendent Maxwell against female trus-
tees, the ruling of County superintendent
Maxwell is sustained
Things we're quiet in the land Office.
Chief Clerk Shelley has been running the
machine quite successfully III the absence
of Commissioner Hall. 1t is easy to run
such machine, manned, as it is, by
clerks who are almost, without exception,
gentlemen of experience, ability, and
thoroughly conversant with the land sys-
tenn of Texas, Among them are men
who have made Texas lands lifetime
business. Commissioner Hall has shown
great judgment in the selection and re-
tention of such force.
TREASURY BALANCES.
The following was handed out yesterday
as the regular monthly statement of the
cash balances in the treasury on August
81, 1887:
Cash. B0nds
General revenue sSs2,134 10
Available school fund. S,44 81
Permanent school fund, 252,251 "a S5,9l1,7S7 CO
Permanent University
fund ................ 1851 AZ 534,lG9 W
Blind Asylum land
GALES. ............... 1851 81 SO,4OO W
Orphan Asylum land
sales ............. 16,45S IS
d. and ID. Asylum Land